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Filegate

Filegate proper noun: the White House FBI files controversy of the late 1990s.

Proper noun

Filegate

  1. (informal) The White House FBI files controversy of the late 1990s.

Origin of Filegate

From file + -gate.

Questions about Filegate

What does Filegate mean?
Filegate means the White House FBI files controversy of the late 1990s.
What part of speech is Filegate?
Filegate is a proper noun.

Words near Filegate in the dictionary

  1. filed out
  2. filed past
  3. filed with
  4. filefish
  5. filefishes
  6. Filegate
  7. filegroup
  8. filegroups
  9. filehandle
  10. filehandles
  11. fileless

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